But age is a two edged thing: it means that it is also so good, and adaptable, that it is not worth giving up.
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Gulf economists are quick to point out that foreign investment can be a two-edged sword.
Just be sure to keep in mind that leverage is a two-edged sword.
But their support would be two-edged, since each has ambitions to be chancellor.
Charisma is a two-edged sword, as many boards have learned too late after hiring super salespeople to head a troubled company.
As Scott also noted, this was a two-edged year for China: Many of those banking gains were fueled by amassing more assets (loans) during the latest stimulus period, and these often may not creditworthy.
The impact going forward is two-edged.
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Financial liberalisation is supposed to help households to borrow in bad times and so smooth out consumption, but again it is a two-edged sword: it also makes it easier for firms and households to take on too much debt during booms, which may exacerbate subsequent downturns.
Alam retired out during the interval to give other players batting practice but Kamran Akmal made only two before he edged to slip.
The midfielder cajoled his stuttering side into a greater urgency and, after David Ngog and Raul Meireles missed two gilt-edged chances, it was left to the Reds captain to grab an equaliser.
The pair shared the next two frames before Hendry edged out his opponent in the last of the session.
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Robinson's conversion edged Gloucester two points ahead, but as in the first half, they held their lead for barely three minutes.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures edged up two points.
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That the two sides have since edged towards a vote to settle their differences owes much to outside pressure specifically, the mediation of the Organisation of American States and the Carter Centre (of Jimmy Carter, a former American president).
Behind the two winners, Georgia barely edged out Florida for third place.
Higgins moved 5-2 ahead but Dott won frame eight, edged the next two with clearances of 57 and 64 to draw level and won the deciding frame 61-20.
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Clarke lost his off-stump to Sidebottom two balls later, Troughton edged to Read, Ambrose was trapped lbw first ball and Javid was bowled leaving the ball for the second time in the day, and Barker was caught behind.
The ten-year U.S. Treasury bond has edged up to a two-year peak, so mortgage rates have crept up rather painfully.
The stock edged up in the two days following Millennium's announcement.
Martin Guptill edged to the keeper two balls later and departed for 30 and Daryl Tuffey, Brent Arnel and Tim Southee were swept away in the space of four deliveries.
The Cypriot is now on a seven-match winning streak after winning in Sydney last week and will next play local hope Lleyton Hewitt, which will evoke memories of their epic five-set match two years ago when the Australian edged to victory at 4.30am.
Rio Ferdinand's last-ditch tackle denied the Argentine a gilt-edged chance to make it two and United had another let off when the referee waved away penalty calls after Keane fell on the ball in the area.
He has edged to the right on two other areas where he used to be hated by his party's conservatives as a dangerous maverick: on torture (he won't rule out water-boarding) and immigration reform (he says fix the border first, which will take an eternity).
Strauss then edged Shoaib behind as England lost two wickets for five runs in six overs.
Despite their eight-point deficit, the Rhinos created a sustained spell of pressure on the brink of half time, but Jordan Tansey spurned a gilt-edged chance to bring Leeds to within two points of regular season champions.
But Sidebottom and Shreck looked threatening from the start but it was the 6ft 7ins Cornishman who struck first, when form-sapped Warwickshire skipper Ian Westwood, who has just two Championship fifties to his name all summer, edged to gully.
From what we can hear, the One X has excellent noise suppression, but that also became a double-edged sword as we moved to about two meters away from the phone -- the aggressive suppression started to interfere with our voice and therefore made it hard to interpret the distant speech.
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For two straight years, the New York Mets have been edged out of the National League playoffs by the rival Philadelphia Phillies.
He popped up alongside Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and the two drag-raced to the finish, where Johnson edged him by a few inches.
Ren controlled the early stages of the fight, but Esparza edged the third round and entered the final two-minute round trailing by just two points.
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